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struggle4progress

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13. CO hospital says people who want transplants must get vaccine

Reply to Mosby (Original post)

Wed Oct 13, 2021, 11:59 PM

Oct 2021

October 7, 20212:10 PM ET
BILL CHAPPELL

A large hospital system in Colorado says people on its organ transplant wait list won't be offered an organ if they refuse to get the COVID-19 vaccine, citing the "significant risk the virus poses to transplant recipients."

UCHealth, which operates 12 hospitals from its headquarters in Aurora, Colo., says it has long been standard practice to require many organ recipients or donors to get vaccines such as hepatitis B or the MMR shot.

The hospital system added COVID-19 to its vaccine list a few weeks ago ...

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/10/07/1044034382/colorado-hospital-organ-transplant-covid-vaccine

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This woman didn't get a liver transplant because she refused to get vaccinated. [View all] Mosby Oct 2021 OP

Good for the Cleveland Clinic. Ms. Toad Oct 2021 #1

Anyone know what religion says that an organ transplant is fine, but not a vaccine? GoCubsGo Oct 2021 #6

They are probably basing it on the use of fetal stem cell line (fetal cell line HEK 293) Ms. Toad Oct 2021 #8

That makes sense. Thanks. GoCubsGo Oct 2021 #19

We're in a pandemic. Hospitals have the right to triage. Baitball Blogger Oct 2021 #2

According to some info in the replies Mosby Oct 2021 #3

Exactly obamanut2012 Oct 2021 #21

Oh well. skylucy Oct 2021 #4

Can you even imagine how their minds work? canetoad Oct 2021 #5

Well, I guess that she made her choices Bettie Oct 2021 #7

Liver transplant surgeries are a piece of cake and hearing about side effects makes the Vax scary. marble falls Oct 2021 #9

What do you dr's know... lame54 Oct 2021 #12

... hold the onions and make it snappy, I gotta MAGA rally t'go to, dammit! Whar's Marcus Welby? marble falls Oct 2021 #22

"The health and safety of our patients is our top priority ... For the living donor, struggle4progress Oct 2021 #10

Major hospital systems requiring vaccinations for organ transplants struggle4progress Oct 2021 #11

CO hospital says people who want transplants must get vaccine struggle4progress Oct 2021 #13

Hasta la vista pendejos...n/t bluecollar2 Oct 2021 #14

MI health system weighs making transplants contingent on vaccination struggle4progress Oct 2021 #15

Third shot seems a game changer for renal transplant recipients struggle4progress Oct 2021 #16

This policy seems to be fairly common and makes sense LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 #17

She would probably take ivermectin instead of anti-rejection drugs krispos42 Oct 2021 #18

Good -- you have to adhere to certain requirements to get a transplant obamanut2012 Oct 2021 #20